We are pleased to announce that there is funding available to partially support travel to HRI2012 for Student Volunteers. Students receiving support will be expected to volunteer time to help with on-site registration and with general duties, as needed, from 5 March (early on-site registration, tutorials, and workshops) through 8 March, 2012.

Being a Student Volunteer is a great way to enter the HRI research community, meet other students in your field, and attend one of most important conferences in HRI. We are looking to include students with diverse backgrounds in HRI and from all parts of the world. Note: You do not have to have an accepted paper/poster at HRI2012 to be considered for financial support, although students with accepted work will be given priority.

The deadline for applying for Student Volunteer funds by submitting the requested information is February 3, 2012. Please apply here!

Rates
Registration fees, to be collected in US Dollars (USD), are as follows:

Deadlines

ACM/SIG/IEEE/ HFES/AAAI member

Student member

Non-member

Student non-member

Early registration

575 USD

250 USD

675 USD

300 USD

Late registration

675 USD

350 USD

775 USD

400 USD

On-site registration

775 USD

450 USD

875 USD

500 USD

Registration rates for tutorials and workshops are given below. If you have any questions about the registration, please contact the Registration Chairs, Kate Tsui (ktsui@cs.uml.edu) and Selma Sabanovic (selmas@indiana.edu).

The author rebuttal period for HRI 2012 has been moved to start on Monday October 31 and end Thursday November 3 (11:59pm PST). We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and hope you can use this time effectively.

Once the rebuttal process starts, you will be able to see reviews for your submission(s) and enter your rebuttal(s) from the HRI 2012 submission website.

Robotics is growing increasingly multidisciplinary as it moves towards realizing capable and collaborative robots that meet both human needs of society and technical challenges inherent in real world settings. A joining of the disciplines is essential for enabling robots to help people in their efforts to be more productive and enjoy a high quality of life. In particular, human-robot interaction (HRI) requires advancement of the state-ofthe-art in the empirical, algorithmic, mathematical, social, and engineering aspects of robotics in an integrated manner.

The Seventh Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2012) is dedicated to “Robots in the Loop,” which highlights the importance of autonomously capable robots in enhancing the experiences of human users in everyday life and work activities. HRI 2012 will emphasize embodied robotic systems that operate, collaborate with, learn from, and meet the needs of human users in real-world environments.

The HRI Conference is a highly selective annual international conference that aims to showcase the very best interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in human-robot interaction with roots in robotics, social psychology, cognitive science, HCI, human factors, artificial intelligence, engineering, and many more. We invite broad participation.

Conference Venue

The 2012 HRI Conference will take place at the Hilton Back Bay in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on March 5-8, 2012

Important Dates

9 September 2011: Submission of full papers and tutorial/workshop proposals31 October-4 November 2011: Rebuttal Period21 November 2011: Notification of full paper acceptance1 December 2011: Submission of late breaking reports and videos16 December 2011: Notification of late breaking reports and videos9 January 2012: Final camera-ready full papers, late breaking reports, and videos due5 March 2012: Workshops and Tutorials6-8 March 2012: Main conference